Writing for the Telegraph, the Home Secretary Priti Patel and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps explain why border measures will help to keep the public safe. Travellers self-isolating for 14 days will help to keep us safe From Monday people arriving …

China’s National People’s Congress has voted in support of the establishment of national security legislation in Hong Kong, and ordered that a new law be imposed. If implemented, this law would curtail the Hong Kong people’s liberties, dramatically erode their …

Today, Home Secretary Priti Patel has written about the results from police surge activity to tackle county lines, funded by Home Office investment. She wrote: " It is impossible to quantify the terrible impact of county lines. Every child whose …

More than 3.5 million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme already and EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens, and their family members, still have over a year left before the deadline of 30 June 2021 to apply.

On Sunday (10 May), the Prime Minister announced new measures at the UK border to guard against a second wave of coronavirus infections. Throughout the outbreak, we have brought in the right measures at the right time based on scientific …

The Prime Minister hosted a hidden harms summit from Downing Street on May 21, focussing on how to tackle crimes, such as domestic abuse, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse and modern slavery, which may have been impacted by the coronavirus …

INTRODUCTION No one should be making these dangerous and illegally-facilitated crossings from France to the UK. France is a safe country, with a well-run asylum system. The Home Office is working in collaboration with the French Government and the relevant …

The Windrush generation were wronged by successive governments. To help right those wrongs, the Home Office has put in place a number of measures. Supporting people to settle their status in the UK and outreach Windrush Scheme On 16 April …

As we respond to the coronavirus pandemic, we want to be very clear that we take the wellbeing of all those in the asylum system extremely seriously. These are unprecedented times and we are adjusting asylum processes and procedures where …

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